Writing to the school about dress down days

[Buck3t]

I'm sure it's been done to death and I've even complained about it before. But school started on 6th September. The first dress down was 8th September. Notification came out on the 7th, the theme Anglo Saxons.

I don't think it's appropriate. School has just started, at least let Dd where her uniform for a full week? I stand by my previous comments on the subject. There must be a way to engage with the children without a non uniform day on day 3 of the new school year.

Obviously she went to school in her uniform. But it's the principle

To my mind, a 'dress down day' is a simple way of fundraising, that means the dc come in their own choice of clothes and chuck a donation to the advertised cause into a bucket. I can't see that you need a lot of notice (perhaps a couple of days for children who live across 2 homes).

A 'costume' day, where they are asked to dress in a certain way - presumably to do with the topic they are doing - is something very different. That certainly needs at least 3 weeks notice, IMO, as you need to borrow / create the 'look' they need.

Either way, it seems very odd to have either just 2 days into the new school year, when everyone is settling in to their new classes and into the new home routines.

YANBU to complain.

Complain. Our school say not to buy football boots at the start of the year, to wait until you found out which half term you would need them. Dd (and half the class) got a bollocking for not having boots on Thursday.
I think schools think parents have nothing to do except run around after there demands and requests for dressing up, cake sales, swimming shorts that are not baggy, football boots with no notice and other things that are not crucial to an actual education.
Our primary school have 2 dressing up days in September. It's ridiculous and even my teacher friend who loves dressing up is getting a bit fed up of it.

That is ridiculous. What is the obsession with costume days?

Thank you. I think I will.

A dress up day should have at least 2 weeks notice

Even a dress down/mufti day should have more notice than just the day before.

Does the school issue a calendar? Is it sufficiently informative and comprehensive? Because if not, improvements to that is one constructive thing to can add to the complaint.

OK, not every parent will bother to actually use the damned thing, but quite a lot will

Schools think we can rearrange things at the drop of a hat. My dd's school rearranged he timetable with a day's notice. PE kit was in the wash, so she didn't have her PE kit at school = had to do it in her pants. They think we're all miracle workers